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The Women's Studies Collection

The Women's Studies Collection brings together over 160 films that present the stories of women around the world. From the experience of single mothers in Korea; to teenage girls in prison staging a musical; to films exploring women's relationship to their bodies; crimes of honor, bride kidnapping, and sex trafficking; the makeover industry; mail order brides; women and Islam; domestic violence in Cambodia and Pakistan; girls and guns; philosophers, filmmakers and scientists; women organizing and taking charge of their lives -- The Women's Studies Collection is a broad assembly exploring almost every facet of women's lives.

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The Women's Studies Collection includes the following titles:

It Was Rape - imageIt Was Rape

Survivors of sexual assault speak out.

Women Make Movies | 2013 | 60 minutes | College, Adults
The Righteous Babes - imageThe Righteous Babes

Explores the intersection of feminism with popular music, focusing on the role of female recording artists in the 1990s and their influence on modern women.

Women Make Movies | 1998 | 50 minutes | College, Adults
In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland - imageIn the Rumbling Belly of Motherland

Filmed as the U.S. planned for its September 2021 withdrawal of troops, IN THE RUMBLING BELLY OF MOTHERLAND documents an inspiring female-led news agency in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Women Make Movies | 2021 | 83 minutes | College, Adults
Say My Name - imageSay My Name

In a hip hop and R&B world dominated by men and noted for misogyny, the unstoppable female lyricists of SAY MY NAME speak candidly about class, race, and gender in pursuing their passions as female MCs.

Women Make Movies | 2009 | 73 minutes | College, Adults
Shinjuku Boys - imageShinjuku Boys

A remarkable documentary about the complexity of female sexuality in Japan.

Women Make Movies | 1995 | 53 minutes | College, Adults
Sin By Silence - imageSin By Silence

From behind prison walls, a group of extraordinary women are shattering misconceptions of domestic violence. An important film that profiles Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA), the US prison system’s first inmate initiated group and led by women, SIN BY SILENCE is an essential resource featuring more than two hours of bonus materials, including interviews with experts on abusive relationships, law enforcement leaders and leaders in faith-based communities about domestic violence, and more.

Women Make Movies | 2009 | 49 minutes | College, Adults
Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977 - imageStep by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977

This inspiring film follows the lives of eight Midwestern women, six of whom became founders of National Organization for Women (NOW).

Women Make Movies | 1998 | 56 minutes | College, Adults
Stateless - imageStateless

Through the grassroots campaign of attorney Rosa Iris, STATELESS reveals the depths of racial hatred and institutionalized oppression that divide Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Women Make Movies | 2020 | 96 minutes
Great Unsung Women of Computing - imageGreat Unsung Women of Computing

How women revolutionized the computing and Internet technology we use today.

Women Make Movies | 2016 | 48 minutes | College, Adults
Voices of Muslim Women from the U.S. South - imageVoices of Muslim Women from the U.S. South

VOICES OF MUSLIM WOMEN FROM THE US SOUTH is a documentary that explores the Muslim culture through the lens of five University of Alabama Muslim students

Women Make Movies | 2015 | 32 minutes | College, Adults

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